The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-03
THE MONTEREY FIRE.
Pie Hotel Del Monte in
Ruins.a
A SUPPOSED IECENDIARISM.
r.rriple sights at the Scene ftbe
ConaagratIon-LOss, Mil
lion and Half
SUPPOSED IECENDIARISM
THE MONTERREY HOTEL FIRE
Arrival Of the Guests Who Escaped
TherefrOm.

sAE Francisco, April 2.-lmmeai-
a.s,v On the receipt of the news OF the
,,r~ning sof the Hotel Del Monte at
Monterev, this morning, the Southern
PACIFIC company made prompt arrange
Tnents to bring the unfortunate guests
to this CITY. The first train load ar
lived at 11.3O am. and numbered
shout $50.
THE SCENE PRESENTED
5, the richly furnished coaches of the
fadies' frightened looks and scantily
c,oG Vas 3 peculiar one. Another train
yood arrived an hour later, bringing the
rs,nainder of the guests who desired to
come, MANY interested friends and
-oiatives we're at the depot to witness
t6e;r arrival. Some carried bun
dies containing necessary articles of
T1oorino apparel, with which to
enTpIon the forms of those
Tnf0rt6nates who had been compelled
IN leave the hotel without ceremony,
Wbiie others we're present to assure
themselves that their relatives and
friends had escaped unframed. When
tbe train pulled into the station, there
was rush for the platforms OF the
cars and as the half-cl passengers
stepped off, they found themselves in
the arms Of anxions watchers, some OF
whom we're
EYsTERICAL IN THEIR CONGRATULATIONS.
For aboutfYe minutes there was gen
eraI band-shaking and embracing and
tae tired tourists were then hurried to
the waiting hacks and BUSES to be
taken to hotels. The greater number
sought refuge at the Palace Hotel, but as
that building was already crowded TO its
utmost capacity, the unfortunates found
It impossible, in many cases, to arrange
-Or rooms, and were obliged TO seek
quarters in other hotels and boarding
places in the city. The majority Of the
LADIES WERE WRAPPED IN BLANKETS,
z ia veils or scarfs about their heads
saI slippers on their feet. Those guests
Fho had lost all their money by the
lre were notified to-day, by the manager
Of the Palace Hotel, that they might
draw on him for such funds as were
to provide them with proper
clothing, and this evening they are feel
ug more comfortable.
THE CONFEDERATION.
The fire was first noticed in the
laboratory, By J. c. Marshall, If Phila-
ielphia. The clerk was quickly in
formed of the fact. He called I'D a
number Of servants, who, thinking thew
could check the fire without much
trouble, and fearing q panic might be
caused by a sudden alarm, went to
work to extinguish the fire without
rOusing the guests. There was no
building in the world better provided
with means of eXtin uishing fire than
was the Hotel Del Monte. A hose was
placed oneyery corridor, fire extinguish- |
erS were in every hallway, and the
magnificent system of waterworks built |
0y the company at 4 cost of nearly |.
S9vJ'UJO, was capable of throwing
9 stream to height OF 100 feet. Be-
81 e ms over 5000 had been ex-
EeEGeu on water applie aces within the
9'o5tqing, until as.was believed, nothing
~ nau oeGn left undone to secure both
me building and guests from
Loss OR ACCIDENT BY FIRE.
L order to secure an ample supply of
wafer Charles Croker, three years
ago; purchased the ranch which in
l--ueS the river, and erected immense
5SSeI y0lrs and mains at a cost of S4O0
IL. A. Inc toree of water was so great
MAJ ! tuu head was turned On II
touic nave torn down an ordinarv.sized
liltdIng The clerk and mis- ass;staI1ts
.trns4 on the water, when thew Ware
lofcibed 10 find that the force wo $50 60
g -saA IS to barely give forth a snrintie
-4sI rushed to turn on additionoi ,
sfeamS, With similar result. shoWina
gesrlY. as was attei ward nora. sIiiES
'sslizsd, that u : -uiiy
NJ NATE& WORKS had BEEN TanSpppv,
WITH.
,'e Railways began to fill with smoke 5
.l1 Inc employees of the house found
Wy Inc ire vas spreading, though thew
glo not locate it. It soon bacsmo
80 they could not control The {
49,. 80, and an alarm was gwen the .
,,';- --' Is rushing through the halls and T
i5 VA the guests to get IN
Ss ny Tor their lives for !
Soon -, +ouSe was burning down
isjfass.l ne note! became a scene of tba
. q 49, Uohtusion. The servants rush
a., aoF Il! the corridors to awaken the
tGi MIN, found that the smoke was he
s 'ss uenser and denser, and thew {
90 r o4t frantic in their appeals to '
as,S9 az a. Men, women aud children
& IA, a, ,lIn rooms, clad only in their
8 "a I s,'atS and such wraps as they
s. y, -4 to from tho beds. A few
~ - secure their jewels and C
81 1oI Luz me black smoke which +
+ ~ ' Ing along the halls warned 4
20 tb m@S Si 10 more time in getting :
'SEs;SI e building Down the broad :
A. mi FRIGHTENED GUESTS, a
nc confronted with a heavy
u smoke and burst Of fame on
noor They had to dash I
me me smoke and fame 10 :
Oe Oh safety. Many ladies